From: smc smc <fixxie.wits@...>
Date: 2007-10-11T06:30:41+09:00
Subject: Re: reading files

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ah yes...
thanks Alex

On 10/9/07, Alex Gutteridge <alexg@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> The syntax errors are because you have an extra 'end'. You also don't
> ever call your method. Is this what you want?
>
> def say_hi(who)
>   "hello #{who}"
> end
>
> person_name = File.read("name.txt")
> puts say_hi(person_name)
>
> On 10 Oct 2007, at 12:49, smc smc wrote:
>
> > so how would you set it up?
> >
> > def say_hi(who)
> >  "hello #{who}"
> > end
> >  person_name = File.read("name.txt")
> > end
> >
> >
> > i tried messing around with it a little, it kept giving me syntax
> > errors
> >
>
> >
> > On 10/9/07, Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> smc smc wrote:
> >>> this is just a very basic example but how would you make it so
> >>> that a
> >> user
> >>> may put their name (or some other info) into a file and then the
> >>> program
> >>> reads it and sets it as a variable?
> >>>
> >>> so like:
> >>>
> >>> def say_hi(who)
> >>> result = "hello " + who
> >>> return result
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> puts say_hi(person_name)
> >>>
> >> To read a file:
> >>
> >> person_name = File.read("somefile")
> >>
> >> To read from command line:
> >>
> >> person_name = gets.strip
> >>
> >> To make your say_hi shorter:
> >>
> >> def say_hi(who)
> >>   "hello #{who}"
> >> end
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope that helps.
> >>
> >> -Justin
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stefan
>
> Alex Gutteridge
>
> Bioinformatics Center
> Kyoto University
>
>
>
>


-- 
Stefan

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